for general plant and culinary applications
Steam used to sterilise product contact surfaces should be of culinary quality
to ensure that it does not contaminate the product with particles or chemicals
that could be damaging to the quality of the product or hazardous to the
consumer. The water quality used for culinary steam generation is addressed
in The Food and Drugs Administration's Code of Federal Regulations. The
quality of the water and permitted boiler additives are addressed specifically
in the following Code of Federal Regulations:
Water Quality: CFR Title 40 Parts 141,142 and 143
and
Boiler Additives: CFR Title 21 Chapter 1, Section 173.310
Other aspects to its treatment are provided in 3-A standard 609-03. This states
that pipework and associated equipment should be constructed from
300-series stainless steel and that filters used for particulate removal should
be capable of retaining >95% of particles of size 2 micron or larger.
domnick hunter provides a number of steam filtration options for general and
culinary use together with a comprehensive guide to their selection.
- Stainless steel housing and filter cartridges for general or
culinary use.
- Sintered and pleated fibre filters options provide wide sizing
options.
- Jumbo range for high volume applications.
- Comprehensive guide to steam quality guidelines, filter
section and sizing.
Steam Generation
